Archive for January, 2009

King’s Cross and Bloomsbury Pub Quiz

January 27th, 2009

I had a great time at the King’s Cross and Bloomsbury Labour Party quiz last week. You can see my photos from the quiz here. I am proud to say that I was part of the winning team. However, I have to admit that my contribution was minimal to say the least! My favourite question [...]

The Duke of Wellington

January 26th, 2009

I had dinner at the Duke of Wellington pub over the weekend and it was amazing food! My compliments to the chef. Do try it out if you are nearby. It was an interesting evening with some extremely accomplished people including Richard Smith. The host Lois Quam is a family friend so she kindly invited [...]

My Article

January 23rd, 2009

Here’s the scanned Ham&High article which was published yesterday. If the print is too small, you can read the text in my post below.

Ham&High Article

January 22nd, 2009

I wrote an article about my fears and hopes for the Obama presidency which was published in my local newspaper today. I’ll scan the article in tomorrow as it hasn’t been put on their website yet. Here’s the text of the article for now – Walking to one of many ‘inauguration parties’ in London, I [...]

Obama’s Inaugural Address

January 21st, 2009

I’ve just had a read of some of the blogs and articles commenting on Obama’s inaugural address and it looks like commentators are emphatically divided in their opinion. Whereas a few passionate supporters believe it was brilliant both in content and style, others are more skeptical. Some of the contributors to Politico’s Arena Forum seem [...]